Shooty Shooty Robot Invasion

“Unfortunately, it commits so many design sins that ruin the gameplay.”

“Shame the terrible gameplay, marred with easily remedied flaws, ruins what could have been a great experience.”

“As an FPS this game fails; most of the gameplay (on level 1, which should be your most fun and polished level that gets people hooked) is going around in circles and holding down left click, and well, get this, on boss fights you also need to spam right click because bosses are faster than normal enemies, so you have to dash.”

“The truth is, I didn’t even finish the first level because I got so annoyed trying to move the story forward by talking to every NPC with an exclamation mark.”

“The first level is a mess, you just wander around this town looking for guys with exclamation points over their heads hoping to progress the story. It kills all the pacing and immersion and I felt myself not paying attention anymore, just skipping dialogue, and it’s not like there’s a real story in there anyways.”

“This game is better described as a boomer shooter trojan horse that is actually a visual novel written on the fly with no plan besides the premise where you are given no input on how the story plays out (besides the option of not doing any of the secrets and locking yourself out of getting all of the squeeze out of the game). The 'secrets' are barely secrets at all as it's way too easy to find and do them and most of the time you won't even be shooting anything; you’ll just be reading NPC dialogue and cutscenes that are full of immature swears, long winded dialogue that really doesn’t go anywhere and jokes that don’t stick the landing most of the time.”

“It's an artstyle-slop game.”

“It seems like, when looking in the direction of a lot of things, it has a tendency to lag the game quite a bit (sometimes even when looking at a wall). Possibly due to lack of occlusion culling, baked lighting, level-of-detail, or render distance optimizations, causing unoptimized performance.”

“Yea this game may be colorful and pretty with its unique artstyle, but after I left the carnival, that is when I stopped having fun.”

“I thought it could still be a decent game to play while listening to music or podcasts, but what pushed me over the edge and led me to uninstall it was the fact that it has no sound settings, so you can't turn off the in-game music.”

“I thought it could still be a decent game to play while listening to music or podcasts, but what pushed me over the edge and led me to uninstall it was the fact that it has no sound settings, so you can't turn off the in-game music.”

“The music is also very simple, but I really, really enjoyed it; I thought it was fun and very fitting for all the environments.”

“The art is cool and all, but the performance is terrible.”

“It seems like, when looking in the direction of a lot of things, the game tends to lag quite a bit (sometimes even when looking at a wall). This might be due to lack of occlusion culling, absence of baked lighting, or missing level of detail (LOD) and render distance optimizations on graphically intensive elements such as NPC sprites and environmental interactions, resulting in poor optimization.”

“Performance can sometimes be iffy, especially in the last level where there were major lag spikes.”

“While not a complex game, its mechanics give you a sense of joy and accomplishment backed up by interwoven character development leading to unexpected places.”

“By far the biggest highlight of this game (at least in my opinion) is the artwork, atmosphere, and character design; it's just a joy to observe through and through, and it speaks volumes about the amount of care put into everything.”

“I love the character design, the energy, and the gameplay is very solid even if it takes a backseat at times.”

“I've encountered several glitches: softlocking myself during the card game due to rapid keyboard input, dashing out of bounds during the level 5 boss fight, experiencing repeated events, and bosses getting resurrected by going back and forth through some doors.”

“The game is somewhat buggy; I experienced one soft lock during my playthrough.”

“The game is a bit buggy, including one softlock, one hardlock, and two crashes (only one required replaying content). Additionally, the controller sensitivity randomly switched between very low and normal sensitivity twice during gameplay.”

“After a certain point, it really becomes tedious to work through the dialogue and I just wasn't having fun.”

“Most encounters devolve into circle strafing and the bosses in particular are tedious (bullet sponge enemies, etc).”

“I also wish there was a dialogue skip button if you've seen the lines already; going back to find the secrets I missed was almost tedious.”

“Unfortunately, the game has no level select and demands replaying the entire game to secure secrets, which is incredibly annoying. This makes replayability frustrating, especially for players whose focus drifts, as missing integral content requires a full loop to revisit.”

“The game offers zero replayability since you can see everything in the first playthrough. The lengthy cutscenes cannot be skipped, and secrets are easy to find and mostly involve reading dialogue rather than engaging gameplay, reducing the incentive to replay.”

“The shooting mechanics are basic, with minimal weapon variety fixed per level, leading to repetitive fights including boss battles. The game shifts from an open-world feel to linear enemy arenas, and lacks configurable settings, all of which negatively impact replay value.”